sections:
Lying, falsifying results, plagiarism, over-selling, tax evasion, manipulation, greed, expenses fraud, sex and alcohol abuse....
Find out what really happens when management consultants come to town.
Management and IT systems are the world's fastest growing and most profitable business. Throughout the world companies and government departments spend over $1bn every single working day for consultants' advice. There is hardly a company or government department that does not use them. But what do we get for the billions that are spent?
At last an insider takes the lid off consulting and reveals how too often this vast and secretive business has become a licence to siphon off almost unlimited quantities of clients' money.
book reviews
- Financial Times 11 May 2005
"No company or government department should let a management consultant through the door until they have read this book from cover to cover. twice"
- The Observer 19 June 2005
"If I were Gordon Brown or Tony Blair, I would read this book then invite Craig into Whitehall."
- A reader review on amazon.com
"Mr. Craig - where were you when we needed you?"
- Management Perspectives Summer 2005
"Rip-Off! will make uncomfortable reading for many in the consultancy profession and worrying reading for the companies who employ them"
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